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Song Compilation

This thread will (hopefully) be your source for instructions on how to play songs in game. This post will be updated with new song as they are posted, I will do my best to keep it up to date. If you have a request or submission, post it below. Print these out for easy access when in-game.
I use and recommend Psomm's keymapping:
QWERTYUI = Note 1 thru 8 (This is the low octave C to C)
ASDFGHJK = Note 17 thru 24 (This is the high octave C to C)
123 = Note 9,10,11 (This is low B and low octave black keys C# and D#)
567 = Note 13,14,15 (this is low octave F#, G#, and A#)

Hymn to Joy by Ludwig van Beethoven:
Compiled by Keln
s(1+3 1+3 2+4 3+5 3+5 2+4 1+3 2112 1+3 1+3 22)
s(1+3 1+3 2+4 3+5 3+5 2+4 1+3 2112 1+3 211)
s(22 1+3 1 2 1+3 2+4 1+3 1 2 1+3 2+4 1+3 212) 5
s(1+3 1+3 2+4 3+5 3+5 2+4 1+3 2112 1+3 211)
All of the numbers within the parenthesis preceeded by an "s" means hold down the shift key while playing them. Basically all notes in this song are done using the shift key except for the low 5 which is played without holding anything down. All "pairs" denoted by a #+# should be played at the same time, ei. 1+3 would be played by hitting the 1 and the 3 keys at the same time (yes while holding shift in this compilation). A simpler version of this song can be played by simple dropping the first number in each pair and playing the second. Example, to play a simple version of 1+3, drop the one and play only the 3. Also, I like to play the final note s1 as s1+3 because it sounds nicer.

Danny Boy
Compiled by worntraveller
8 and 1, for all purposes, are the same note, just an octave seperated. For notes below the root of the song, I'll use dashes to indicate they are in the lower octave. Maybe someone musically inclined can translate it to something undersdtandable ingame.
C(7 1 2 3)
Oh Danny Boy
2 3 6 5 3
The Pipes the Pipes are
2 1 C6
Ca-all-ing,
1 2 3 4
From glen to glen
6 5 3 1 2 1
And down the Mountain Side,
C(7 1 2 3)
The Summer's gone,
2 3 6 5 3
And all the flowers'are
2 1 C6
Dye-ye-ing,
1 1 2 3
'Tis you, 'tis you
6 5 3
Must go, and
1 2 1
I Must Bide.
The song continues similarly, except it starts on the 5th interval.

Being a jig (albeit a slower one) this should be played at a relatively quick pace. Imagine drums in the background. Ba bum bum bum bum Ba bum buddah bum bum...The Road Goes Ever On...
Compiled by Bob

The road goes ever on
1-4-4-6-4-1-4-4
c3-c3-4-32-c1-1-4
6-c7-6-5-4-2-1-1
1-c3-4-c3c2-c1-1-4
I think it's right, but I'm not 100% sure. keys without a "-" in between are played very closely together.
Compiled by Eruantien
Roads Goes Ever On: 255753553353212557876532132332 125578765321323321255787653213 23321255
This is an elaboration based on the bit that Gandalf sings in the movie FOTR.
*EDIT* I just realized that Bob posted a different version of this above. Sorry. Didn't look first.

Stairway to Heaven
Compiled By Solace
(Only the first few notes, but I would love it if someone takes this start and runs with it, only sure about the first line, the second (and a bit more I'm not posting yet because it sounds awful) seems a bit off to me)
6 8 s3 s6 (s7+5)
s3 8 s7 (s8+5) s3 s1 s8 (s4+5)
If anyone toys around with this anymore and finds more, shoot Arianai a tell; I'd like to see the rest of it.

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Really glad to see all this stuff survived the wipe. Thanks for reposting it!

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Re: Song Compilation

Originally Posted by Psomm

Glovepie works perfectly, actually. You just need to setup everything correctly which depends on equipment and applications you are trying to use.

Could you provide some details, please? When I've tried to use it, it occasionally spits out the wrong note. Pressing the same note again plays the correct note. The mapping on midi events to key presses is correct, but still the wrong note is sounded.

Others have contacted me with the same problem.

What are we doing wrong?

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The english lyrics should be:
Are you sleeping
are you sleeping
brother john
brother john
morning bells are ringing
morning bells are ringing
ding dang dong ding dang dong.

(French the rythm sounds exactly the same on and instrument I just dont know how to spell the french lyrics.)

He had it as morning bells are ringing
brother john morning bells are ringing.
Ding dang ding ding dang ding. I'm not at home so I'm not sure which note to use to change the ding to a dong although I'll fix that later when I get home.

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Wow, way to go everyone! I am looking forward to going home to try these out. Just one more way to spend my time in Middle Earth beyond questing and killing monsters (although I do find those quite enjoyable, too). Keep up the great work!

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For those of us who are not musically inclined and for whom possess two left feat with no sense of rythem... Can someone please tell us how to set some of these songs up in a macro that works well. I know it is not "true" music but for some of us it will the nearest we will ever get

Re: Song Compilation

Originally Posted by ILUVLOTR

For those of us who are not musically inclined and for whom possess two left feat with no sense of rythem... Can someone please tell us how to set some of these songs up in a macro that works well. I know it is not "true" music but for some of us it will the nearest we will ever get

Previous post mentioned, "Turbines TOS states that no macros or 3rd party software can interact with thier .exe." Unless/Until music macros gets sorted out as an exception to the rule, macro/recorded music might not get much (any) airtime on the forums.

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I've been very impressed with this music system. Last night I spent atleast an hour wandering around Combe playing music. Several of us got together and were learning how to play some LOTR movie music. It was a lot of fun.

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I hate how limited it is, but love the basic premise of the system. The ability to play music for a large crowd is quite fun, and people really will come to bunches to hear a good harp/lute player in the game. One thing that's desperately needed, however, is a change to the number of notes per second you're allowed to play. As of now, it's virtually impossible to play anything quickly, and you're out of luck if you want to try out something with any tremolo in it.
Possibly the rate limiting should be removed, and ctrl should be our tremolo button?

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Some press thingy I read recently said Turbine had a lot more in store for the music system. Let me see if I can find it for ya.

...yep. Here it is.

Of course, with music coming up, there were also quite a few questions about the music system. In came Steve and Doug, two developers that worked on the music system, who gave us a good bit of great information on the upcoming additions and improvements. Basically, the music system is LOTRO’s Ursuin Death Animation - a side endeavor that evoked enough “Hey, that’s cool” responses to land it in the game. The player response to it has been great, so look forward to upcoming improvements such as:

Re: Song Compilation

Originally Posted by Calenyavie

This thread will (hopefully) be your source for instructions on how to play songs in game. This post will be updated with new song as they are posted, I will do my best to keep it up to date. If you have a request or submission, post it below. Print these out for easy access when in-game.
I use and recommend Psomm's keymapping:
QWERTYUI = Note 1 thru 8 (This is the low octave C to C)
ASDFGHJK = Note 17 thru 24 (This is the high octave C to C)
123 = Note 9,10,11 (This is low B and low octave black keys C# and D#)
567 = Note 13,14,15 (this is low octave F#, G#, and A#)

I tried mapping my keys out this way, but I got confused.

Why is there no key for 'Note 12'? If it's not too much trouble, could you list this so that it relates to the Keymapping screen in the Options. Like, I mean can you list it as
Note 1-8=________ then
Note 9-16=________ then
Note 17-24=________

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Not sure if this has made it on yet, haven't really been through all the pages. If not, heres a new one for everyone.

"What is Love?"-Haddaway

Opening Line
S2 S4 S5 S2 S2 8 S4 S2 S2 S4 S2 S2 8...reapeat

The main melody unfortunately can't be really completed until the new music system comes out in June due to the fact that ctr+shift doesn't really work, but as close as you can get goes as follows...

S2 8 S2 C7 S2 8 S2 C7 S2 S3 S2 8 C7 8 C7 C7 ...repeat

I don't currently know the female vocal part but I imagine that would be tough. The S3 note is the bad one, it should be a semitone lower but as stated earlier it doesn't really work yet, so you can play it down the octave to make it work (C3).

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Maniacc0, I skip note 12 and note 16 because they are redundant. I skip Key Assign #4 on the keyboard so the top is as “piano” as possible with respect to the black key placement (Tip: Sharpie in the 123 and 567 so they "appear" like the black keys).

The way it is currently written is the best way to describe it. What you asked would read: